Anne Seymour was an American film and television character actress. Her Disney roles included Mrs. Amelia Tarbell in Pollyanna, Maggie Hargrove in the two-part Wonderful World of Disney episode "The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City", and Aunt Winifred in the Disney Sunday Movie episode "The Leftovers."
Anne Seymour Eckert was born in Manhattan to William Stanley and May Davenport. She was the seventh generation of a theatrical family traceable to 18th century Ireland. Her great-uncle was character actor Harry Davenport.
After attending St. Mary's for "her conventional education", Seymour studied at the American Laboratory Theatre. She was in four Broadway productions: At the Bottom, Puppet Show, The School for Scandal, and Sunrise at Campobello.
Seymour's first venture in television was a three-month role in Follow Your Heart, an NBC soap opera. "I hated every minute of it," she said. Her other appearances included spots on Perry Mason, Empire, The Tim Conway Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Hazel, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Emergency!, and My Three Sons.
Seymour's film credits included All the King's Men, Misty, Desire Under the Elms, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, How to Succeed in Business Without Trying, Big Top Pee-Wee, and Field of Dreams.
She died of heart failure at age 79 in Los Angeles, and is interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
Disney Roles[]
(Pollyanna)
